First and fourth classes were lucky to have a pollination workshop with Edel Heeran this week. Edel is a beekeeper and she spoke to the classes about wild bee species in Ireland, how they are in danger and what we can do to help them. Edel also spoke about the honeybee, and had some frames from a hive to show the pupils, as well as some honey for them to taste. We hope to reduce the amount of grass we…
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Many thanks to Andy McGuinniety for all his soccer coaching with our junior infants. They have really enjoyed the block of sessions before and after Easter. It was a big treat getting out on the grass this week also for the coaching. Rossin Rovers are also holding a competition for their summer camp. You can find out more details here https://www.facebook.com/share/p/J6Bnm7yspB7bMSSA/?mibextid=WC7FNe
Continue Reading6th Class Volcano Experiments
6th class were busy this month creating volcanoes from a range of materials as part of work on this topic. Groups also painted and decorated them. Last week the class then went to the outdoor classroom to try to create lava coming from the volcanoes using a range of secret ingredients including red food colouring! The good news is that each of the volcanoes erupted but the bad news was that there was a smell of vinegar in the outdoor…
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